Dreams
...of dreams every night, but why and what do they mean?
I. The basics about dreams
A. History
1. Ancient theories
2. Research
B. What is dreaming
1. Definition
2. Types
a. Insight
b. Lucid
c. Precognitive
d. Review
e. Gratification
f. Physical
C. Why do we dream
II. The Interpretation of dreams
A. Four stages
1. Understand content
2. Influence
3. Characterization
4. Order and context
B. Interpretation Today
1. Gestalt vs. Freudian
2. Outcome
III. Nightmares
A. What are nightmares
B. Types
1. Daymare
2. D-Nightmare
3. D-Sleep
C. How often
IV. Daydreaming
A. What is daydreaming
B. Two general categories
1. Elaborate fantasies
2. Recurring fantasies
C. Daydreaming frequency
1. Throughout life
V. Conclusion
Dreams
In my report I want to tell you about dreams. "Dreams are a communication of body, mind and spirit in a symbolic communicative environment" (www.sleeps.com). To make that statement easier to understand dreams are a review influenced by factors in your life and spirit (www.sleeps.com). Our brains are constantly active. It is always in different states like sleeping, awake, drowsy, alert, excited, bored, concentrating, or daydreaming (www.sleeps.com). Sigmund Freud believed "dreams are keys to the most secret parts of the mind (Coren 24). Dreams always occur while we are in a type of sleep called REM (Rapid Eye Movement) (www.geocities.com). All the things you dream about are a reflection of you life. They reflect your feelings, thoughts, desires, and your fears.
Interest in dreams are dated way back even to the time of the Greeks. "The people of the ancient world tended to believe that some dreams were sent by the gods to convey information to mortals" (Holroyd 44). They discovered "that a dream is not nonsense but information in disguise" (Holroyd 46). The Epic of Gilgamesh was one of...
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